15 West Kellogg Blvd.

Saint Paul, MN 55102

City of Saint Paul

Minutes - Final

Legislative Hearings

Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer

Mai Vang, Hearing Coordinator

Joanna Zimny, Executive Assistant

legislativehearings@ci.stpaul.mn.us

651-266-8585

Thursday, March 19, 2026

9:00 AM

Room 330 City Hall & Court House/Remote

Delinquent Garbage Hauling Assessments

9:00 a.m. Hearings

RLH TA 26-66

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 621

CALIFORNIA AVENUE EAST. (File No. CG25Q3B2, Assessment No.

260131)

Kim

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $140.74 to $113.19.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: Public Works staff removed bag charges

from neighboring address by accident. PO was charged for bags that belonged to

neighbor at 1661 Payne Ave. However, when to correction was processed, the property

at 1665 Payne Ave was adjusted due to ticket processing error on the GIS Map. The

time to adjust without a hearing had past when the error was discovered. Staff

recommends reducing assessment to $113.19

Moermond: the address we’re talking about is 621 California and the problem was at

1661 Payne, a cross street. Recommend reduction to $113.19.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-76

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 258

MACALESTER STREET (File No. CG25Q3B1, Assessment No.

260130)

Jost

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $424.74 to $298.01.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: the property owner was billed for an

inaccurate number of bags. The property owner was charged for 36 extra bags on

August 25. Public Works staff asked for photo documentation from FCC

Environmental. The garbage hauler (FCC) provided an image, and requested we reduce

the extra garbage bag charges by 23 bags. Staff recommends reducing assessment

to $298.01.

Moermond: FCC is asking for the reduction and we lack full documentation for the

extra charge. Is our payment to the hauler decreased?

Barden: yes.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-69

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 15

NELSON STREET. (File No. CG25Q3B1, Assessment No. 260130)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: There was a fire in October 2024 and

hold information did not transfer. The property owner called Waste Management and

cancelled account in October due to fire at the property. The hold

information/cancellation did not transfer to Public Works during the hauler transition.

Staff recommends removing assessment.

Moermond: they had filed the paperwork they should have but it wasn’t transferred

properly to the City from the old hauler. Recommend deletion.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-75

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1240

RICE STREET (File No. CG25Q3B2, Assessment No. 263131)

Kim

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $140.74 to $113.19.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: the property owner was charged for five

extra bags on September 6, 2025. Public Works asked the hauler to provide an

image, and they could not produce one, so the hauler requested we remove the

charges. Staff recommends reducing assessment to $113.19.

Moermond: recommend that reduction noting the amount the hauler sent for

reimbursement will be decreased in their payment.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-72

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 570

SELBY AVENUE #3 (File No. CG25Q3B1, Assessment No. 260130)

Bowie

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: the property owner did not have a cart but

was billed for service. Staff confirmed that the property owner did not have active

service with previous hauler but was for service starting April 2025. The property owner

also reported he did not have a cart. Staff removed the Quarter 2 bill and stated the

Quarter 3 bill would be removed but there was an error and the Quarter 3 bill was not

removed. The property owner is now set up with an every other week cart. Staff

recommends removing the assessment.

Moermond: the cart share situation was the confusing piece. They can’t be shared for

condos. We have it corrected, the misinformation is cleared up, we’ll recommend

deletion.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

10:00 a.m. Hearings

RLH TA 26-63

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1205

EDGERTON STREET (File No. CG25Q3B3, Assessment No. 260132)

Kim

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: Category 2 Vacant house Billed for

Service. Registered as a Vacant Building since December 11, 2023 and was billed for

service. Staff recommends removing assessment.

Moermond: the owner got a service hold from the previous hauler?

Barden: I assume so, it didn’t transfer.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-60

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 289

FRONT AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q3B4, Assessment No. 260133)

Bowie

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $162.78 to $113.19.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: the property owner was charged for extra

bags that were in her neighbor’s cart. We have photos showing the bags in that cart.

Staff recommends reducing the assessment to $113.19.

Moermond: eliminating that extra bag charge. Recommend the reduction.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-67

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 416

HOPE STREET (File No. CG25Q3B4, Assessment No. 260133)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: this is a vacant lot that was billed for

service. Cart was used by the neighboring mixed-use property without authorization.

Staff recommends removing the assessment.

Moermond: this is a vacant lot. Has this been removed from the program?

Barden: yes, and the cart picked up.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-61

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1142

HUBBARD AVENUE (File No. CG25Q3B4, Assessment No. 260133)

Coleman

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $226.38 to $113.19.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: property owner was billed for two 64

gallon carts, but only has 1 at the property. This happened when prorated charges were

being calculated in Quarter 2. Staff recommends reducing the assessment to $113.19.

Moermond: recommend the reduction noting they were billed for 2 carts and only had

one. Not double billed for 2.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-55

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 853

JOHNSON PARKWAY. (File No. CG25Q3B4, Assessment No. 261033)

Yang

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: this property had a Unoccupied Dwelling

Registration Form that wasn’t properly applied during transition from the previous

hauler. Staff processed Quarter 2 billing to account for the missed hold, and created a

new ticket for an Unoccupied Dwelling Registration Form starting July 2025. That hold

wasn’t applied to the final Quarter 3 billing and was incorrectly billed for service. Staff

recommends removing the assessment.

Moermond: so recommend the deletion.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-73

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1099

KILBURN STREET. (File No. CG25Q3B4, Assessment No. 260133)

Kim

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $135.04 to $93.71.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: property owner had scheduled 2 bulky

items to be collected at two different properties, however they were both scheduled

independently for the same location. It was caught and address corrected for pickup

but the billing was not adjusted properly. Staff recommends reducing the assessment

to $93.71.

Moermond: so recommend the reduction.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-68

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1147

REANEY AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q3B4, Assessment No. 260133)

Yang

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: property owner had placed a Unoccupied

Dwelling Registration Form on the account due to a Fire in April of 2024 but billing

wasn’t updated properly for Quarter 3 and property owner was charged. Staff

recommends removing the assessment.

Moermond: recommend deletion.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

Special Tax Assessments

11:00 a.m. Hearings

RLH TA 26-57

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 649

ASBURY STREET (File No. CG25Q3B5, Assessment No. 260134)

Coleman

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: property owner had placed a service hold

with the previous hauler after the property owner passed away in 2024. That information

didn’t transfer over during program transition. Staff recommends removing the

assessment.

Moermond: so recommended.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-74

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 994

CARROLL AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q3B5, Assessment No. 260134)

Bowie

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $58.47 to $32.94.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: property owner had requested a service

hold from August 21, 2025 to February 26, 2026 and it wasn’t applied. Staff

recommend reducing the assessment to $32.94.

Moermond: so recommend the reduction.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-58

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 993

CHARLES AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q3B5, Assessment No. 260134)

Bowie

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $550.12 to $275.06.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: the property owner’s mother passed away

August 2025. Son just discovered they were being charged for four 96-gallon carts, but

there were only 2 at the property due to information import error during the program

transition. Staff recommends reducing the assessment to $275.06.

Moermond: what kind of property is this? Is it a single-family home? Duplex?

Barden: single-family home.

Moermond: with four carts?

Barden: when we transferred everything it got doubled, I think.

Moermond: so recommend the reduction.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-71

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1014

EUCLID STREET. (File No. CG25Q3B5, Assessment No. 260134)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $570.30 to $278.27.

Antonio Burns, owner/landlord, appeared via phone

[Moermond gives background of appeals process]

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: the property owner had only one cart but

was being billed for 2 and billed weekly for extra bags. Public Works staff confirmed

with the route driver that there was only one cart on site. . The PO is unsure when the

second cart went missing but noted it had been missing "a while." PO was charged for

58 extra bags in the quarter and also charged for second nonexistent medium (64

gallon) cart. If we apply the capacity of the missing cart (5 bags per week) to the

overage, the bag count is reduced to 11. Staff recommends reducing bill to $311.33

Burns: I was looking at it from the standpoint that I was charged when one of the cans

was missing, also one of the recycling bins. I didn’t have one of those either, I know

that’s an annual fee. I guess if you can do the bag thing something is better than

nothing. I think it was people dumping trash by the bins, because they were sitting in

the alley. How can I be responsible? It is my property.

Moermond: have you got both your carts and the recycling carts back again?

Burns: yes.

Moermond: the difference in the bill is between the extra bags charged on top of the

medium cart. I wish that you and your tenants would have identified earlier you are

missing a cart. Can you talk about whether there is space in the yard away from the

alley?

Burns: there is, and I told the tenants to start pulling them up by the house. They’ve

been informed. It should be fine from here on out. I guess we will see.

Moermond: the 11 bags comes to?

Barden: it is $5.51 after taxes.

Moermond: I’ll get you down to $278.27. That’s reducing the bags from 11 down to 5.

Burns: I’m fine with that.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-64

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1878

ROBLYN AVENUE (File No. CG25Q3B5, Assessment No. 260134)

Coleman

Sponsors:

Delete the assessment.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: property owner isn’t renting at the moment

and rarely visits due to health issues. Staff informed property owner we would remove

the bill, but billing wasn’t adjusted correctly. Staff recommends removing the

assessment.

Moermond: so recommend deletion.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-59

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1106

SUBURBAN AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q3B5, Assessment No. 260134)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $209.16 to $157.57.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: the property owner was charged for 13

bags when they should have only been charged for 4. Staff recommends reducing the

assessment to $157.57 which is the standard cart charge plus four bags.

Moermond: recommend the reduction.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

RLH TA 26-77

Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 466 VAN

DYKE STREET (File No. CG25Q3B5, Assessment No. 260134)

Johnson

Sponsors:

Reduce assessment from $154.06 to $137.53.

No one appeared

Staff report by Jillian Barden, Public Works: the property owner was charged for extra

bags on August 27, 2025. FCC Environmental provided an image showing the bags

belong to the neighboring property. Staff recommends reducing the assessment to

$137.53.

Moermond: incorrect billing, recommend the reduction.

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

Special Tax Assessments-ROLLS

RLH AR 26-20

RLH AR 26-21

RLH AR 26-22

RLH AR 26-23

RLH AR 26-24

Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of

Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during July to September 2025.

(File No. CG25Q3B1, Assessment No. 260130)

Noecker

Sponsors:

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of

Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during July to September 2025.

(File No. CG25Q3B2, Assessment No. 260131)

Noecker

Sponsors:

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of

Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during July to September 2025.

(File No. CG25Q3B3, Assessment No. 260132)

Noecker

Sponsors:

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of

Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during July to September 2025.

(File No. CG25Q3B4, Assessment No. 260133)

Noecker

Sponsors:

Referred to the City Council due back on 4/15/2026

Ratifying the assessment for the City’s cost of providing Collection of

Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during July to September 2025.

(File No. CG25Q3B5, Assessment No. 260134)

Noecker

Sponsors: